Birdlife Australia Sunshine Coast
acknowledges the Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Peoples as the traditional custodians
of the Sunshine Coast, and wishes to pay respect to their elders past, present
and emerging.
JANUARY – WEDNESDAY
- MID WEEK OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Robyn Combes robyn.combes62@gmail.com [Hans Erkin assisting.]
Location – southern / Maleny end at Baroon Pocket Dam
Location – Please meet in the car park.
Date – 13 January, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details –
JANUARY – SATURDAY OUTING
Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com
Location – Park Lakes, Bli Bli, with
extension to Burton Road [Bli Bli – Yandina Road]
Location – Meet at the car park at
Park Lakes, adjacent to the Soccer fields.
Date – 30 January, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – no toilets on site.
World Wetland Day - 2 February 2021 - http://www.environment.gov.au/water/wetlands/world-wetlands-day Consider a survey of a local wetland and
upload list to ebird or birdata.
FEBRUARY – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com
Location – Mapleton Lilly Ponds -
Possible extension to Mapleton Falls NP circuit
Location – Meet at the Lilly Ponds car park.
Date – Saturday 6 February, 2020.
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are
bringing beginning birders.
Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!
FEBRUARY –
WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Jenny Gursanscky janscky@gmail.com
Location – Ben Bennett Bushland Park, Caloundra
Location – Meet at the Queen Street Entrance.
Date – 10 February, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details –
FEBRUARY – SATURDAY OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com and John Birbeck birbeckjs@gmail.com
Location – Curramore AWC [Australian
Wildlife Conservancy] Reserve
Location –
Date – 13 February, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea. Some money [if possible] to donate to
AWC for their Curramore extension purchase…
Other details – https://www.australianwildlife.org/where-we-work/curramore/
World
Wildlife Day – 3 March 2021 - https://www.wildlifeday.org/
MARCH – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Patrick Colley
Location – Bellthorpe Stays
Location – This is an excellent private property that offers, as
its name suggests, accommodation. It also offers excellent birding. It is circa
30 min drive from Maleny. 200 Willett
Road, Bellthorpe.
Date – 10 March, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7-30am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9-30am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details – http://www.bellstays.com.au/
MARCH – SATURDAY OUTING
Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com
Location – Land for Wildlife Property, Mary
River - Michelle and Bruce Wilson
Location – 160 Wilcox Rd Kenilworth
Date – 13 March, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Environment/Get-Involved-in-Conservation/Land-for-Wildlife
International Day of Forests – 21 March,
2021 https://www.un.org/en/observances/forests-and-trees-day
Earth Hour – 27 March, 2021 - www.earthhour.org/
MARCH MINI CONGRESS –
DETAILS TBA
Sunday 28/03/2021 at Maleny Community Hall.
Ken Cross / John
Birbeck to organise – helpers needed!
APRIL – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Warren Bennett 0411166635
Location – Travel south on Claymore Road. At the end turn right and
continue to P on map to left.
Date – 21 April, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details – We will be walking from the yellow P on the previous
photo, along the bush that follows the Mooloolah River. There are no toilets.
APRIL – SATURDAY OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Michael
Dawson mickod7019@hotmail.com
Location – Coochin Creek, Beerwah
Location – Meet at Kellos Rd, Beerwah
Date – 24 April, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details –
MAY – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Russ Lamb lambrk49@yahoo.com.au
Location – Lake MacDonald Botanical Gardens
Location – Noosa Botanical Gardens, Lake MacDonald, meet in car
park above the boat ramp, toilet facilities on site
Date – 1 May, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are
bringing beginning birders.
Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!
MAY – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING
TBA
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Bob James
Location –Yandina Land for Wildlife
Property; Sharon and Glen Otto’s Macadamia Farm.
Location – 180 Yandina-Bli Bli Rd
Yandina.
Date – 12 May, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Environment/Get-Involved-in-Conservation/Land-for-Wildlife
MAY – WEEKEND AWAY
details – 21, 22, 23 May
I am thinking of the Kilcoy to Murgon trip that we missed in 2020….
Details TBA soon.
International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2021 https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-day-for-biological-diversity
MAY – SATURDAY OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Russ Lamb lambrk49@yahoo.com.au
Location – Hamilton Road, Lake Macdonald (Noosa Bird Trail 13)
Location – park at end of Hamilton Road, nearest facilities at
Kookaburra Park, Lake MacDonald
Date – 29 May, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details –
JUNE – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Steve and Carol Popple / Paul Jensen to
assist?
Location – Park Lakes, Bli Bli
Location – Meet near the playground on Parklakes Drive – near
Little Sprouts Childcare Centre.
Date – 5 June, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 8am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 10am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are
bringing beginning birders.
Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!
World Environment Day 5 June 2021 - https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day
World Oceans Day – 8 June 2021 - https://www.un.org/en/observances/oceans-day
JUNE – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Michael Dawson mickod7019@hotmail.com
Location – Ewan Maddock Trail from Landsborough
Location – Gympie St, N [from Landsborough] end of the road there is a
walkway that begins.
Date – 9 June, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 8 am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
JUNE – SATURDAY OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Vince Lee albatross4560@gmail.com
Location – Imbil-Brooloo rail trail
Location –
Date – 19 June, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 8 am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 10am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details –
JULY – NAMBOUR GARDEN
EXPO – 09 / 10 / 11
Volunteers required!
Please contact Robyn Combes if interested.
JULY – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING
TBA
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – TBA
Location – Yandina Creek Wetlands
Location – Car Park at eastern end of River Road [between Yandina
and Coolum]
Date – 14 July, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 8 am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details –
JULY – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – John
Kooistra / Vince Lee albatross4560@gmail.com / Russell MacGregor
Location – Wappa Dam
Location – Meeting near the
facilities at 8am.
Date – Saturday, 17 July
Time – [beginning] – 8 am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird
call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – Beginners only. Members are
only invited if they are bringing beginning birders.
Beginners please bring your birding
questions!!!
This site features a variety of wetland
species and common woodland birds. There are toilets on site.
JULY – SATURDAY OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com
Location – Property ‘The Book Farm’ 8 Rees Lane, Reesville. [Hinterland
Bush Links]*
Date – 24 July, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 8 am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details: https://www.hinterlandbushlinks.org/
National Tree Day – 1 August, 2021 - https://treeday.planetark.org/about/
AUGUST – BEGINNING BIRDING WALK
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Carolyn Scott
Location – Maroochy Wetland Sanctuary, Bli Bli
Location – Please meet at the car park near the information centre.
Date – 7 August, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7 am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details – Beginners only. Members are only invited if they are
bringing beginning birders.
Beginners please bring your birding questions!!!
AUGUST – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING
TBA
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Carolyn Scott
Location – Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary Bli Bli
Location – Please meet at the car park near the information
centre.
Date – 11 August, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 8 am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details – This is a walk through mangroves and adjacent woodland.
Much of the walk is along a board walk. There are toilets on site.
AUGUST – SATURDAY OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com Jenny Gursanscky janscky@gmail.com
Location – Wildflower Walk - Kathleen McArthur reserve
Location – This will be a birds and
wildflower walk [for something a little different….]
Date – 14 August, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 8 am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 10 am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – This reserve is a small
remnant of wallum heath that was once a common plant community along the
Sunshine Coast. Short walks, wildflowers, coastal birds, and views of the ocean
beach and lake feature here. Vividly coloured heath wildflowers reach their
peak flowering time in late winter and spring months.
The park is named after Kathleen McArthur,
a local artist, conservationist and founding member of the Wildlife
Preservation Society of Queensland (1962). Kathleen was passionate about wallum
heathlands and campaigned to have these plant communities protected in the
Sunshine Coast region. The heathland wildflowers were a favourite subject for
her botanical illustrations.
Recommended native flower reference - A Field Guide to Native Plants
of Bribie Island by Allan Carr
September is Biodiversity Month https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/biodiversity-month
World Shorebird Day – early September 2021 https://www.worldshorebirdsday.org/
SEPTEMBER – SATURDAY
OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – John Birbeck
birbeckjs@gmail.com
Location – SCC Reserve - Annie Hehir Environmental Reserve
Location – meet at Peachester Primary
School car park so we can carpool to the Reserve.
Date – 4 September, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7 am
Time – [ending -estimated] – TBA
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – Annie Hehir Environment Reserve is an
exceptional conservation area. It contains high biodiversity values and
pristine waterways. These include: Large areas of Eucalypt forest and
rainforest, 98 native plant species, including threatened plants such as the
Maroochy nut (species name), 145 native animal species, including threatened
animals such as the giant barred frog (species name). The Reserve was created
when two properties in Peachester were purchased using Environment Levy funds
in 2011 and 2017.
Threatened Species Day – 7 September 2021 -
SEPTEMBER – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Gillian
Matthew
Location – Quanda Road, Coolum Industrial
Estate
Location – Meet at the wetland
between Carter’s Transport and the Sunshine Coast Model Flyers.
Date – 14 September, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – We will move to another site <1km away
after 45 minutes and bird call will be at the second site.
OCTOBER – WEDNESDAY -
MID WEEK OUTING TBA
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Bob James
Location – Toorbul
Location – southern end of the esplanade at Toorbul.
Date – 13 October 2021
Time – [beginning] – 3 pm
Time – [ending -estimated] – 5pm with bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect repellent, folding chair, morning
tea.
Other details – High tide is expected at 4pm. The birding emphasis will
be on migratory waders that assemble at the southern end of Toorbul on the high
tides. Folks are encouraged to have a takeaway meal at the local café.
OCTOBER – BEGINNING
BIRDING WALK
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Paul Fraser
if available or TBA
Location – Maleny Precinct
Location – Meet at the boardwalk
opposite Woolworths overlooking the creek.
Date – 16 October, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – Beginners only. Members are
only invited if they are bringing beginning birders.
Beginners please bring your birding
questions!!!
OCTOBER – SATURDAY OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Russ Lamb lambrk49@yahoo.com.au
Location – Bellbird Hollow, Allan Pratt's
property at 4290 Mary Valley Rd, Brooloo
Location – entrance to property is
exactly 8.7km from intersection of Eumundi Kenilworth Rd and Kenilworth Brooloo
Rd , park in open space
Date – 23 October, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details –
NOVEMBER – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING TBA
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Robyn Combes
robyn.combes62@gmail.com
Location – Gheerulla Falls Track, near
Mapleton
Location – Please meet at the
Mapleton Lilyponds at 7am. We will sign on and then carpool to the track head –
there is limited parking there.
Date – 10 November, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – The walk is circa 2 kilometres
return and follows a ridge line down to a small creek. It then returns the same
way. This can be a very good track for pigeon species. Superb Fruit-dove has
been recorded there.
NOVEMBER – SATURDAY
OUTING
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Steve &
Carol Popple bushescapes@bigpond.com
Location – Cooran – Chris Kenny Park
Location – Meet at the Cooran
Football Club, which is within Chris Kenny Park, Cooran. Plenty of parking and
toilets nearby.
Date – 20 November, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – Good undercover area that
we can use for morning tea and Birdcall.
There are coffee shops and general store
nearby.
NOVEMBER WEEKEND AWAY – Saturday and Sunday, 27 and 28 November
2021
[If interest allows] A weekend birding in
Brisbane, incorporating a full day Saturday Wader Workshop with the Queensland
Wader Studies Group. The workshop will feature presentations on Wader Taxonomy
and Identification, Migration, Breeding, Banding Studies and Conservation. Included
in this day will be a circa two-hour visit to the Manly Roost where we will be
able to put our Wader ID skills to the test….
We will spend the Sunday morning, not
sleeping in, but exploring some of the better birding sites of Eastern Brisbane
before returning to Nambour at c. 5pm.
If you would like to book your place please
email me; friarbird43@bigpond.com
DECEMBER – SATURDAY OUTING & XMAS BREAK-UP!
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – Ken Cross friarbird43@bigpond.com / John Birbeck
Location – John Birbeck’s place at Black
Mountain and surrounds
Location – details TBA
Date – 4 December, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details –
DECEMBER – WEDNESDAY - MID WEEK OUTING TBA
Group – Sunshine Coast
Leader/s and contact details – John
Kooistra / Russell MacGregor / Vince Lee albatross4560@gmail.com
Location – Kureelpa Falls Track
Location –
Date – 8 December, 2021
Time – [beginning] – 7am
Time – [ending -estimated] – c. 9am with
bird call
What to bring – hat, sunscreen, insect
repellent, folding chair, morning tea.
Other details – Take the Mapleton Road from
either Nambour or Mapleton and opposite the Dulong Lookout at Kanyana Park turn
into Kureelpa Falls Road. Follow the road along the ridge (great views) to its
far end (last section is on gravel) where there is room to park before the
gated access to the Park. No facilities. [Closest at Dulong Lookout.]
